Carrier.



No. 705,383. Patentd July 22, m2

J. G. COFMAN.

CARRIER.

(Application filed Apr. 25, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JUDSON G. COFMAN, OF COMPTCHE, CALIFORNIA.

CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,383, dated July 22,1902.

Application filed April 25, 1902.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J UDSON G. COFMAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Comptche, in the county of Mendocino and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and Improved Carrier, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved carrierwhich is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture, anddesigned for various purposes for instance, for the use of personscarrying wood from the wood-pile to the house, for holding Wood in aneat pile in the kitchen or other place, or for binding, carrying, orelevating fodder, hay, straw, and other light materials.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, showing the bails orauxiliary handles in a lowermost position. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the same, showing the bails extended. Fig. 3 is a like view of thesame, showing the bails used for suspending the carrier on an elevatingdevice; and Fig. 4. is an enlarged side elevation of one of the bearingsfor the auxiliary handles.

The improved carrier is provided with a framemade of strong wire or rodsand consists, essentially, of two spaced side rails having straightbottom portions A and upwardly and outwardly inclined end portions A,and the side rails are rigidly connected with eachother by cross-bars Aat the upper ends of the end portions, as is plainly illustrated in thedrawings, the said cross-bars A forming handles for carrying the deviceabout when loaded or not loaded.

On the end portions A are formed bearings A engaged by the trunnions Bof bails or auxiliary handles B, extending between the end portions ofthe side rails and adapted to be swung either to the inside or to theout- Serial No. 104.638. (N0 model.)

side of the frame, as will be readily undergaging notches A formed onthe bearings A as plainly indicated in Fig. 4. The bearings A arepreferably in the shape of a loop formed in the corresponding endportions A of the side rails, it being understood that the trunnions Bof the bails can be readily swung in place by bending the bailscorrespondingly when assembling the parts of the carrier. When the bailsB are extendedto the inside of the frame, as shown in Fig. 3, then theymay be connected with each other by arope C to securely tie fodder, hay,or a like material in position on the carrier.

In using the device for carrying wood-for instance, from a wood-pile tothe housethe wood is placed transversely on the side rails to restthereon and to allow of building a pile of wood in the frame, and whenthe carrier is loaded the operator can readily take hold of it by thecross-arms A to carry the carrier and its load to the desireddestination. The wood in the piled state on the carrier can be leftthere and the whole device set on the kitchen-floor or directly intoawood-box until the wood is used np.

When a person supports the carrier, one of the cross-bars A may berested on the hip .of'

the person, while the other cross-bar is engaged by the hand, so as tosupport the carrier, leaving the other hand of the operator free.

The bails B when swung on' the outside of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2,form extension or auxiliary handles to allow of piling a large quantityofmaterial, such as wood or hay, onto the carrier, the latter being thenmoved with its load from place to place by two persons having hold ofthe bails B. 7

It is understood that the bearings A are located between the ends of theend portions A of the rails, so that the bail sides bear against thecross-bars A when extended, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A carrier having a frame, consisting of spaced siderails having straight bottom portions, upwardly and outwardlyextendingend portions, and cross-bars integrally connecting the side rails witheach other at the ends, to form handles for the frame, as set forth.

2. A carrier, having a frame, consisting of spaced side rails havingstraight bottom portions, upwardly and outwardly extending end portions,cross-bars integrally connecting the side rails with each other at theends, to form handles for the frame, and bails provided on the endportions of the side rails, as set forth.

3. A carrier, having a frame, consisting of spaced side rails havingstraight bottom portions, upwardly and outwardly extending end portions,cross-bars integrally connecting the side rails with each other at theends, to form handles for the frame, and bails provided on the endportions of the side rails, adapted to swing between the side rails toan inner or outer position relative to the frame, as set forth.

4. A carrier, having a frame, consisting of spaced side rails havingstraight bottom portions, upwardly and outwardly extending end portions,cross-bars integrally connecting the side rails with each other at theends, to form handles for the frame, bails provided on the end portionsof the side rails, adapted to swing between the side rails to an inneror an outer position relative to the frame, and means on thebail-bearings, engaged by the bails, for holding the latter locked in afolded position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JUDSON G. COFMAN. \Vitnesses:

R. H. HEDDEN, A. A. HEESER.

